IMAGES 30 Winners: The Best of British Contemporary Illustration 2006

IMAGES 30 Winners The Best of British Contemporary Illustration 2006
The Association of Illustrators (AOI) proudly announces the winners of Images 30 - the best of British contemporary illustration, the leading jury-selected illustration competition in the UK.

This year's gold award winners in six classifications are: Gary Embury for Advertising, Matthew Richardson for Books, Orly Orbach for Design & New Media, Paul Blow for Editorial, Serge Seidlitz for Self-Promotion, and Susan Webber for New Talent.

Sweden based illustrator Kenneth Andersson is awarded the Critic's Award, this year selected by Mark Reddy, Head of Art, Bartle Bogle Hegarty.

"I was impressed by the very skilfully executed entries and the degree of professionalism I saw.

The quality of the entered work was exceptional and made the selection process very hard indeed" John Rushworth, Partner of Pentagram Design Ltd.

The award winners have been selected by a panel of internationally acclaimed judges.

This year's panel consists of highly regarded commissioners of illustration, well-known illustrators and cultural commentators, including John Rushworth, Partner of Pentagram Design Ltd, Roanne Bell, freelance design writer and editor, Patrick Coyne, Editor and Designer for Communication Arts Magazine and high profile illustrators Paul Davis, Steven Appleby and Sara Fanelli.

Leo De Freitas, illustration historian,